List of accidents and incidents involving the Bristol Freighter

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A Bristol Freighter Mk.32 of British United Airways

This is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Bristol Freighter , a twin-engined transport aircraft used as both a freighter and airliner as well as a troop transport and car ferry.

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Sixty-eight of the 214 Freighters built were destroyed or damaged beyond economical repair in accidents. At least 45 of these were fatal, resulting in the deaths of at least 385 passengers and crew. [1]

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References

Notes

  1. "Bristol 170." Aviation Safety Net. Retrieved: 19 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 Eastwood and Roach 1991, pp. 39–47.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Aviation Safety Net – Type Report – Bristol Freighter
  4. Aviation Safety Net accident synopsis – Bristol Freighter G-AIMC, Wau retrieved 7 August 2012
  5. "Mishap in Far East", Civil Aviation News, Flight magazine, 30 October 1947, p.503 (online archive version) retrieved 7 August 2012
  6. State Library of New South Wales Item Number BCP 05789: "Bristol 170 Freighter aeroplane demonstrator G-AIMC "Merchant Venturer" on a sales tour of Australia and New Zealand – Mascot, NSW" retrieved 8 August 2012
  7. "Post-War Aircraft". The Age. 7 April 1947.
  8. "Plane Crashed at Wau 'Drome". The Canberra Times. 23 October 1947.
  9. Museum Victoria Item Number ST 024125: Aeroplane Model – Type 170 Bristol Freighter Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 8 August 2012
  10. Annerfalk, Anders (1999). Flygvapnet An Illustrated History of the Swedish Air Force. Ljungsbro, Sweden: Aviatic Förlag. pp. 111–112. ISBN   91-86642-049.
  11. Aviation Safety Net accident synopsis – Bristol Freighter ZK-AYH, Christchurch retrieved 7 August 2012
  12. "Russley Golf Course air crash", Christchurch City Libraries retrieved 7 August 2012
  13. "How a team of amateur explorers and an underwater robot laid to rest the 'Ghost of Baker Lake' | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  14. Aviation Safety Net accident synopsis – Bristol Freighter CF-QWJ, Rankin Inlet retrieved 7 August 2012
  15. Aviation Safety Net accident synopsis – Bristol Freighter VH-SJQ, near Cape Paterson retrieved 7 August 2012

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